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Post by Dejah on Feb 7, 2013 11:50:08 GMT -5
This is re: TERA- NA I like cinematics, so here's the official launch day one (Bah apparently I can't embed you tubes anymore or from the phone) What I've learned through my guildies is that those of you who got founders are missing out on some epic log in queues. However those who didn't get founders can still get in without queues in one of the two new servers (Ascension Valley and Lake of Tears) or the RP server. I'm sorry I'm missing out on those dracoloths sovereigns, they drop awesome loot.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2013 16:21:13 GMT -5
You're not missing too much. I'm able to skip the log in queue entirely but Velika has become infected with The Lag Plague. To anyone thinking of logging in, enter Velika at your own risk.
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Post by visionstorm on Feb 7, 2013 23:24:11 GMT -5
Don't know if, when or how often I'll be able to play (been sort of taking a break from games, plus have some RL stuff pending), but...
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Post by Rykage on Feb 9, 2013 5:43:30 GMT -5
So I'm on Tera EU now. The game looks beyond gorgeous. It's the -best- looking game I have played to date. That includes all the single player big budget titles. But I'm playing alone, so I'm afraid I'm going to get bored pretty easily.
Edit : I also seem to have the attention span of a goldfish, because I found myself wandering off route and forgetting about quests just to take screenies of the scenery. I have 50+ screenshots in about 2 hours of gameplay.
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Post by Dejah on Feb 9, 2013 21:10:33 GMT -5
So I'm on Tera EU now. The game looks beyond gorgeous. It's the -best- looking game I have played to date. That includes all the single player big budget titles. But I'm playing alone, so I'm afraid I'm going to get bored pretty easily. Edit : I also seem to have the attention span of a goldfish, because I found myself wandering off route and forgetting about quests just to take screenies of the scenery. I have 50+ screenshots in about 2 hours of gameplay. Do try and get past noobie island and level 11. Island of Dawn is meant to be a welcoming, not too hostile intro overall - it's colors are bright except for the level 10-11 areas which give you a little taste of dark. Other zones get into visuals and ambient the intro zone just never does justice to. I'm taking to the Elite benefits a lot. The month long Village Atlas, daily XP and rep buffs are really nice and finally there are discounts on selected items from the shop. As for the prices on En Masse (NA) it's about $4.50 per character slot and bank slots. Pretty reasonable IMO. The character re-customization went down a bit to $9. Obviously if you buy larger amounts of points you get discounts. As for in game availability is seems many buffs (XP, Etc) are available in the world lockboxes, which then get posted on the Broker. Looks like everything is Auctionable: keys, lockboxes, anything that can be found inside lockboxes (+50% XP or Rep, +100% XP or Rep). Gameforge on the other hand (and I'm hearing this second hand) has much much higher Cash prices in its shop. I'd just try to buy things with in game currency if I planted my feet in EU.
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Post by visionstorm on Feb 10, 2013 22:23:55 GMT -5
Ok, so I decided to hop on for a tiny bit this weekend to check out F2P (still gonna be focusing on RL stuff for a while but felt like playing something for a change and I was missing the massive amounts of fantasy eyecandy that is TERA). I got into Tempest Reach server by default but was wondering now where everyone is playing if any sever has been set >.>
(or did this already get mentioned and I missed it)
EDIT: Wow, also just noticed someone stole a couple of my character names and have to rename them now. Including one an alt version of main using her last name as a single name (Nightmoon) and one using an original, madeup name based on one of my old D&D druid toons O.o
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Post by Dejah on Feb 10, 2013 23:47:23 GMT -5
Ok, so I decided to hop on for a tiny bit this weekend to check out F2P (still gonna be focusing on RL stuff for a while but felt like playing something for a change and I was missing the massive amounts of fantasy eyecandy that is TERA). I got into Tempest Reach server by default but was wondering now where everyone is playing if any sever has been set >.> (or did this already get mentioned and I missed it) EDIT: Wow, also just noticed someone stole a couple of my character names and have to rename them now. Including one an alt version of main using her last name as a single name (Nightmoon) and one using an original, madeup name based on one of my old D&D druid toons O.o O hey, at least you don't wait in queues LOL. I don't think there's a "Champs" community per se since the game was gated by P2P but now as F2P it might be a viable place for the casual hang around for people to putz around. Of the people who posted here we were all merged into Tempest Reach so you're in the right place. I've been inactive in my TR guild due to my PvP server dalliances but I can set you up with some solid places tomorrow when I log back for people who're into casual and leveling. For now I'm gonna remind those who have Founder's status (were at one point subscribed) you'll be due to receive $5-$10 of EMP (En Masse Points) this coming week. It's not much but it's free money. Edit: My log in hours are very erratic these days for numerous reasons. If you see me online don't hesitate to grab my attention with a whisper. I'm hitting the sac very early every day.
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Post by randomchance42 on Feb 14, 2013 19:15:05 GMT -5
Well, found a retail box for about ten bucks after gift card, so I'm foundered up and alting aimlessly around the beginner island while I sort out classes and whatnot. I've got an open slots and lowbie characters on both the PvE servers, and one char on the RP server from before I got founder status.
I've got to say, I'm far more amused by the Elin Warrior I just rolled last night than I thought I would be. Crazy spinning, dual-blade-wielding little cat-girl of DOOM gets my seal of approval. ;D
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Post by visionstorm on Feb 16, 2013 18:10:04 GMT -5
Edit: My log in hours are very erratic these days for numerous reasons. If you see me online don't hesitate to grab my attention with a whisper. I'm hitting the sac very early every day. Late reply, but yeah... same here. I've been focusing more on RL stuff that's been keeping me away from games, and also trying to manage my sleep. And since games tend to make my sleep cycles worse (since playing for prolonged periods at night causes me to stay awake not become "sleepy"), I've taken to playing for very short amounts of time and no later than up to 12 am (approx) eastern time. I've only been a couple of times this week, and spent those mostly messing around in the character creator in preparation for my new Sorcerer version of my main. In other news... damnit I didn't read the TERA founder's F2P features and I bought +3 extra bank slots that I don't need I just hope that they can be traded at least and I can get something good for them or give them up for someone that actually needs them. Wasted money I coulda used for bikini costumes >.>
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Post by Dejah on Feb 16, 2013 21:31:16 GMT -5
lawlz. I laugh only because I'm sure you can get your EMP refunded. Open a ticket explaining the situation exactly as it happened. They've been pretty cool about helping with those and even more mundane screw ups so you can use the points for something else. It'll be obvious that as Founder you never had any need for those slots so they'll likely return em.
So I've noticed the Elite buffs can stack on top of another. I had the 100% reputation buff on and accidentally blow it on a character that still had 10 minutes left on yesterday's. There was no indication of time increase but after the 10 minutes were over it immediately refreshed to 60 minutes. So now I'm stacking that and quest buffs on a couple of parked alts. Not too shabby, so I can pop in 15 minutes, and do two faction dailies and log out and then rebuff another alt.
Suggestions for Tempest Reach guilds if you don't know who's who (these are groups that over time have built reps of being "legit," no sleaze, Vanarchy active and no known drama - IMO):
Believe Neo Persona Collective Evil When Wet Lunar Sky Touch Fluffy Tail We Are Nice Guys Heartwood Knights Cosmos Vigilant Addiction Renaissance
For Mount Tyrannas I'm not as profoundly familiar but I know enough that cool/legits would include:
Sinister Swarm No Fun Allowed The Legion Touch Fluffy Tail (again) Fairy Tail Nagas Stole My Bacon Dragonwood Kightkings
In Mount Tyrannas AVOID (Guld vs. Guild drama/control queens; reading their PvP quarrels is entertaining, but that's it)
Man Up Overpower
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Post by Dejah on Feb 16, 2013 21:46:22 GMT -5
Well, found a retail box for about ten bucks after gift card, so I'm foundered up and alting aimlessly around the beginner island while I sort out classes and whatnot. I've got an open slots and lowbie characters on both the PvE servers, and one char on the RP server from before I got founder status. I've got to say, I'm far more amused by the Elin Warrior I just rolled last night than I thought I would be. Crazy spinning, dual-blade-wielding little cat-girl of DOOM gets my seal of approval. ;D Yea, I used to not be fond of the little freak race in the past but some time back someone who knew how I felt about it linked me this from a skyrim mod and helped me realize they're just a hello kitty "cute" race. So I kinda got over them. I'm still Castanic, Aman and Helf 4 life tho. The original from which the skyrim mod came
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Post by randomchance42 on Feb 17, 2013 15:40:32 GMT -5
Ha, yeah.
I pretty much had written Elin off when I first started playing. But then I heard somebody say something about them possibly having a slight DPS advantage so I wanted to try one out to see if he was right and ended up having a bit more fun with it than I thought I would.
I'm sure the novelty will wear off in time, but for now my little spinning ginsu of death still amuses. ;D
Primary others I'm trying out now are a human sorc, a castanic archer, and a High Elf Mystic.
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Post by visionstorm on Feb 18, 2013 16:04:47 GMT -5
High Elves are absolutely, positively and irrefutably the most BEAUTIFUL race in all of Tera, bar none--NONE (including castanic )! I bring EVIDENCE! (more pics at my Tera Album) Yeah, I just wanted to post pics of the new Sorc version of my main in her bikini >.>
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Post by Dejah on Feb 18, 2013 19:52:26 GMT -5
I will grant you Helves are pretty fine. I am particularly fond of a unique feature they have as a race and it's the reflective eye gleam their eyes can have when seen with certain lighting from certain angles. Example: An under-appreciated race are Amani. I think for such a badass race they have some of the nicest faces on their females. Evidence: Ultimately my own master race is the Castanic. Their animatios, and racial skankiness have a unique charm for me: I so like the race I actually made a token dude archer toon in one of the new servers. And while I'm posting pictires. This is a screencapture of a tease video of the "Federation" update being worked on in Korea. It'll be months before it makes its dayview there and even longer before we get it in the west but . . . this picture is of an Amani . . . PUNCHING a Popo in the kisser. Just look at this beaut: Some had theorized it was a new hand to hand class being worked on but that has since been denied. Apparently it's an ability having to do with unique buffs from the new siege battlegrounds they're working on. But that was an Aman PUNCHING a Popo in the FACE. In case you missed it the first time: I just wish it had been an Elin. But Popo is close enough.
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Post by majhavok on Feb 19, 2013 17:29:23 GMT -5
Ok, I have a question for anyone that would like to answer. I just got my Sorcerer to lvl32. I was curious about enchanting and crafting armor. Is it needed right now or should I just wait till higher levels, like some say in the forums?
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